Ah yes, scraping tape residue off marble paper, so glamorous!
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“How I Spent My Summer Vacation” or A Conservator Makes A Really Cool Book I just got back from a week of bookbinding summer camp, where I learned how to make a medieval style of book called a girdle book! It has laced-on wooden boards that are beveled to fit into the shoulders of the […]
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At a book arts conference this week, making a medieval girdle book with Karen Hanmer! 😀 We’re sewing the textblock on double cords, using a packed sewing method that’s basically like a figure eight around both cords.
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We made pastepaper in the conservation lab today! Pastepaper is an economical (and fun!) way to make decorated paper for use as book covering material or endsheets. You can also use pastepaper to make your own stuck-on endbands! It is a technique that has been around for quite a long while. Our library has examples […]
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The edges of this book make a rainbow!
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What’s hiding under that book “repair” tape? Oh, it’s the original gold stamped spine, now ruined! (Source: https://vine.co/)
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This black and white silver-gelatin photograph is showing “silver mirroring”, which is when the silver particles in the image degrade. From certain viewing angles, the mirroring is not noticeable, but from other angles it is VERY noticeable. This particular photograph was dry-mounted to a piece of foam-core board, and also matted, both of which probably contributed […]
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Making rice starch paste in the conservation lab, using our coveted Cook & Stir. That thing makes some darn good paste. (Source: https://vine.co/)
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Rebacking a purple 19th century book today.
Soooooooooooo, I was doing some research and stumbled across an article from a 1989 issue of Library Journal, titled “ Nuke ‘Em! Library Pest Control Using a Microwave“. (The article isn’t available for free online, but you can probably find it in your local library) Oh, what could possibly go wrong? Well, fortunately for you, dear […]